About the Company
Fortinet, Inc. is an American company that provides a wide range of cybersecurity solutions. Its host of products and services includes web application firewalls, antivirus, email security, endpoint security software and more. The company was founded in the year 2000 and is based out of Sunnyvale, California. It owns a manufacturing assembly that covers an area of approximately 2,00,000 sq. ft. Also, it has a large number of offices in various countries worldwide.
Four years after Fortinet’s establishment, it was able to raise about $90 million in funding. Five years later, it went public and raised an additional $156 million. Fortinet, Inc. shares are traded on NASDAQ as “FTNT”.
FTNT is the only cybersecurity solutions provider that has introduced a customised SPU technology that is significantly better than similar products in the industry. In 2002, FTNT launched FortiGate, an advanced firewall that provides maximum security and end-to-end encryption. The product was tested by NSS labs who gave it a 99.3% rating for its security efficiency. FTNT introduced Security Information and Event Management products in 2016, which were incorporated with other security systems.
Since its inception, Fortinet has acquired over 10 companies which include organisations from other countries as well. Some of its noteworthy acquisitions included XDN, an app hosting service provider and Coyote Point Systems, a producer of computer systems equipment. In 2015, FTNT announced that it would acquire MERU Networks; the acquisition was completed for approximately $44 million. This marked the company’s largest acquisition to date.
The market price of FTNT shares reached an all-time high on July 9th, 2020, when it almost reached the 150-level mark. In the same year, it was a recipient of Microsoft’s Commercial Marketing Partner of the Year award. It also ranked 16th on Fortune’s list of the 100 fastest-growing companies in 2020.;
Organisation | Fortinet Inc |
Industry | Software—Infrastructure |
HeadQuarters | Sunnyvale, CA |